Migrate Windows OS from Physical Computer to Virtual Machine

It is a wise choice to migrate operating system (OS) to virtual machine and do some operations on
it. This can avoid damage to your physical computer. To quickly and safely move Windows
10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP to VMware using a 3rd party software, such as AOMEI Backupper, is an intelligent
decision.

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Is it necessary to migrate OS to virtual machine?

"I have Windows Server 2003 installed on my server. I'd really like to be running it via
VMWare EXSi as a virtual machine, but I don't what to have to reconfigure the whole deal.Is
there a relatively painless way to move it to a virtual machine? It will be staying on the same
box with the exact same hardware... nothing changes."

This is what I have seen on SERVERFAULT. Like this user, a lot of other users also want to move
their operating systems (server systems or pc systems) to virtual machine. Either they do not
want to reconfigure the whole deal or they do not know how, an easy way to transfer Windows to
VMware is in necessity. With a virtual machine equipping exactly the same environment (OS,
hardware, software, etc.), you can do nearly all what you want but dare not do on physical
machine due to damage danger.

Note: This article is special for Windows operating systems. For other systems,
Linux or Mac, you can refer to part of its information.

Quickly move operating system from physical machine to virtual one (P2V)

Let us go back to the point to discuss how to easily export Windows system out of physical
machine to VM? For this question, I believe that many of you have an answer in your
mind—Universal Restore. Yes, this is a name for the task of restoring system to
different computers, even the configurations of the destination computer is not the same as the
source machine. It is also a feature of many computer programs to do the task. Since virtual
machine can be viewed as a computer, of course we can use universal restore to migrate os to
virtual machine.

Here, we choose AOMEI Backupper as an example to
show you step-by-step migrating system to VMware. According to the location of virtual machine,
we provide the easiest way for you.

Step3. Start virtual machine from the created ISO file. Then, AOMEI Backupper,
which was included in the ISO file automatically when the file was created, will prompt out.
Directly, you can go to its Restore part to restore your system to this VMware.

Notes:

You should find the right image file you created in step1.

In restoration course, there’s an option called “Enable Universal Restore” is selected by
default. It ensures normal boot after recovery even to dissimilar hardware, so you’d better
not un-tick it.

There are several editions of AOMEI Backupper. You should choose
the right one according to your situation and needs. Usually, FREE Standard edition is
recommended; however, if you are running server system, you should try AOMEI Backupper Server.